Child&#39;s chair



Sept. 23 1924.

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Patented Sept. 23, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BODERIC I1. BENT, F GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR '10 S. BENT &1330s., INC.,

A. CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

CHILD'S CHAIR.

Application filed May 16,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RODERIC L. BENT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Gardner, in the county of Worcester and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Childs Chair, of which thefollowin is a specification This invention relates to a childs chair andparticularly to devices for attaching a tray or table thereto.

It is the object of my invention to provide improved means for thispurpose, permitting a tray to be conveniently attached to chairs ofwidely different design.

An important feature of my invention relates to the use of improvedclasps or clamps by which the arms of the tray may be pivotally securedto the spindles or rounds of a' chair back.

My invention further relates to arrangements and combinations of partswhich will be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out inthe appended claim.

A preferred form of my invention is shown in the drawings, in which Fig.1 is a partial side elevation of a chair embodying my improvements;

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the parts in a differentposition;

Fig. 4: is an enlarged side elevation of one of the clamps or clasps;and

Fig. 5 is a plan view thereof.

Referring to the drawings, I have shown parts of a childs chair, theparticular form of which is illustrative only. The chair embodies a seat10, legs 11, arms 12, a top rail 13, and spindles or rounds 1 1 by whichthe arms and top rail are supported.

The tray comprises a table having a rim 16 extended at its rear ends toform arms or projections 17 extending along the sides of the arms 12 andbent inwardly at their rear ends as shown in Fig. 2.

Clamps 18, preferably formed of sheet metal, are bent to the shapeindicated in Fig 5 and are secured to the inwardly projecting curvedends of the tray arms 17 by screws 20. Each clamp 18 also embraces 1922.Serial No. 561,533.

one of the spindles 1 1 and is firmly secured. I

thereto by the clamping pressure of the screw 20.

The flat portion of each clamp 15% which engages the end of an arm 17may be disposed at an angle to the axis of the cylindrical portion ofthe clamp, this angle being varied to suit the position of the spindles14: in a particular chair.

The construction above described possesses important advantages over theusual construction, in which the rearwardly projecting arms of the trayare upturned and pivoted directly on the outer upper portion of theback. The present construction is not only more pleasing in appearance,but it leaves the top rail 13 clear and unobstructed and the tray whennot in use is entirely removed from any position in which it mayinterfere with the occupant of the chair. By slightly varying the lengthof the curved ends of the arms 17 and if necessary the size or angle ofthe clamps 18, a tray may be attached to almost any childs chair, aspractically every chair for this purpose has rounds or spindles in someportion of its back.

Having thus described my invention and the advantages thereof, I do notwish to be limited to the details herein disclosed otherwise than as setforth in the claim, but what I claim is A childs chair having a backwith an outer frame and spindles therein, a tray with rearwardlyprojecting arms having their rear ends curved inwardly substantially inthe plane of the tray, means encircling certain of said spindles withinsaid outer frame and pivotally secured to the inner ends of said arms.said means comprising sheet metal clamps each having a portion embracing one of said spindles and having flat end elements disposedadjacent each other at the side of said spindle, and said tray armsbeing pivotally secured to said end ele ments.

In'testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

RODERIC L. BENT.

